United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Eckerman v. Tennesee Dep't of Safety

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a patrolman's civil rights suit claiming that he was demoted from lieutenant to sergeant and suffered other minor employment actions and...

In re: Settlement Facility Dow Corning Trust

Bankruptcy Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
District court's interpretation of two orders entered by a bankruptcy court of Dow Corning's Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (Plan), arising from...

Pucci v. Nineteenth Dist. Court

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Judges & Judiciary, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against the Nineteenth District Court and the court's chief judge, claiming that she was terminated in retaliation for her...

John B. v. Goetz

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
A consent decree entered in a 1998 class action challenge to Tennessee's managed care program, TennCare, under the Medicaid Act, is vacated in part...

State of Ohio v. Brunner

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Elections
In a suit involving a ballot-counting dispute arising from 2008 county elections, district court's denial of relators' request for attorney's fees for...

US v. Johnson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where: 1) the district court's comments did not chill defendant's...

Irick v. Ray

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a death-row inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit, claiming that the state of Tennessee's lethal injection execution protocol violates the Eighth...

Zions First Nat'l Bank v. Moto Diesel Mexicana, S.A. De C.V.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against defendant for issuing eight checks to plaintiff totaling $2 million from insufficient funds, district court's denial of...

US v. Taylor

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for multiple counts of carjacking, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and robbery of United States property is...

Michigan Surgery Inv., LLC v. Arman

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law
In a dispute between doctors and investors for control of an outpatient surgery center, district court's dismissal of the suit with prejudice after...